The Hartford (HIG) Stock Buybacks: 39.3% of Shares Retired Since 2013

Name: The Hartford (HIG) shares outstanding since 1999, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

1999, 214,581,9622026-07-22, 270,872,002

A share bought in 2003

1.1× more of The Hartford today, without buying another share. It was one of 291,345,148 shares then. It is one of 270,872,002 now.

Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
1999	2000-02-29	214,581,962	10-K	cover page
2000	2001-02-28	236,640,967	10-K	cover page
2001	2002-02-28	246,259,394	10-K	cover page
2002	2003-02-27	255,399,358	10-K	cover page
2003	2004-02-20	291,345,148	10-K	cover page
2004	2005-02-15	295,711,882	10-K	cover page
2005	2006-02-15	302,458,058	10-K	cover page
2006	2007-02-16	320,217,940	10-K	cover page
2007	2008-02-15	314,011,389	10-K	cover page
2008	2009-02-05	325,229,417	10-K	cover page
2009	2010-02-15	384,128,538	10-K
2010	2011-02-18	444,734,147	10-K/A
2011	2012-02-17	440,237,475	10-K
2012	2013-02-21	436,598,310	10-K
2013	2014-02-25	446,342,284	10-K
2014	2014-12-31	420,951,148	10-K
2015	2016-02-24	396,675,884	10-K
2016	2017-02-23	370,189,269	10-K
2017	2018-02-21	356,981,387	10-K
2018	2019-02-20	359,470,401	10-K
2019	2020-02-19	358,252,183	10-K
2020	2021-02-18	357,514,315	10-K
2021	2022-02-17	331,646,836	10-K
2022	2023-02-23	313,057,095	10-K
2023	2024-02-22	297,350,060	10-K
2024	2025-02-20	285,386,985	10-K
2025	2026-02-19	275,863,220	10-K

Source: all 10-K filings of The Hartford on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

The Hartford buybacks, answered

Is The Hartford buying back its stock?

Yes. The Hartford has 2.8% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 270,872,002 as of July 22, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 20.4%.

How many shares has The Hartford bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, The Hartford has 175.5 million fewer shares than at its 2013 peak. That is 39.3% of the company.

How many shares does The Hartford have outstanding?

270,872,002 shares, as of July 22, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2013 peak it had 446,342,284.

What do The Hartford's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held The Hartford stock in 2013 owns 1.6 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does The Hartford compare with other cannibal stocks?

The Hartford ranks No. 49 of 65 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Garrett Motion (39.8%), MSCI (39.8%), Carlisle Companies (38.9%), Radian Group (38.8%).

Every answer is computed from The Hartford's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.

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